Which Texas allied health and medical assisting program has the lowest debt?

Del Mar College reports the lowest median federal debt, $7,000, with first-year pay of $42,057.

How much do allied health and medical assisting graduates earn in Texas?

The median across 20 Texas allied health and medical assisting associate's programs is $46,524 in the first year after graduating and $51,082 five years after.

Allied Health and Medical Assisting (Associate's) Programs in Texas, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Q: How many allied health and medical assisting associate's programs are in Texas?

20 Texas programs report first-year pay for their graduates, and 16 of them also report federal debt.

20 programs report first-year pay
16 also report federal debt
Associate's in Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services

College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025

The short answer

The median Texas allied health and medical assisting associate's program pays its graduates $46,524 in their first year, $9,268 more than the national median. Western Technical College (Texas) reports the highest first-year pay ($53,747), and Del Mar College the lowest median debt ($7,000).

Median first-year pay$46,524National $37,256

Median pay after 5 years$51,082National $41,892

Median federal debt$18,250National $19,000

Debt-to-earnings39%National 50%

All 20 programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	School	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Debt to pay
1	Western Technical College (Texas)El Paso · private for-profit	$53,747	$58,766	Not reported	Not reported
2	San Jacinto Community CollegePasadena · public	$52,032	$61,565	$21,000	40%
3	Kilgore CollegeKilgore · public	$51,558	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
4	Navarro CollegeCorsicana · public	$51,543	$53,393	$24,448	47%
5	Weatherford CollegeWeatherford · public	$51,083	$62,402	$20,750	41%
6	Blinn College DistrictBrenham · public	$49,944	$51,082	$16,750	34%
7	Austin Community College DistrictAustin · public	$49,448	$55,810	$18,457	37%
8	Victoria CollegeVictoria · public	$49,346	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
9	Amarillo CollegeAmarillo · public	$49,025	$49,319	$15,500	32%
10	Tyler Junior CollegeTyler · public	$46,586	Not reported	$14,500	31%
11	St Philip's CollegeSan Antonio · public	$46,461	$52,435	$21,000	45%
12	Houston City CollegeHouston · public	$42,459	$56,067	$24,562	58%
13	Del Mar CollegeCorpus Christi · public	$42,057	$48,243	$7,000	17%
14	Northeast Texas Community CollegeMount Pleasant · public	$39,170	$45,249	$13,500	34%
15	Parker UniversityDallas · private nonprofit	$38,994	Not reported	$30,500	78%
16	Lone Star College SystemThe Woodlands · public	$38,534	$53,961	$14,000	36%
17	Laredo CollegeLaredo · public	$32,392	$52,163	Not reported	Not reported
18	South Texas CollegeMcAllen · public	$32,084	$34,414	$10,378	32%
19	Remington College-Dallas CampusDallas · private nonprofit	$27,695	$37,958	$24,121	87%
20	Southwest University at El PasoEl Paso · private for-profit	$24,117	$28,943	$18,250	76%

Western Technical College (Texas), Kilgore College, Victoria College, and Laredo College report pay but not debt, so they are ranked only by pay. One more program reports debt but not pay, so it isn't listed.

Debt and first-year pay at every Texas allied health and medical assisting program

Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Texas medians.

Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only the 16 programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Western Technical College (Texas)$53,747
San Jacinto Community College$52,032
Kilgore College$51,558
Navarro College$51,543
Weatherford College$51,083

Lowest median debt

Del Mar College$7,000
South Texas College$10,378
Northeast Texas Community College$13,500
Lone Star College System$14,000
Tyler Junior College$14,500

Lowest debt for the pay

"Debt for the pay" is median debt divided by first-year pay. Only programs that report both figures are included.

Careers this field leads to

These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to allied health and medical assisting, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.

Medical Assistants

$39,520

Median pay in Texas. 75,340 people work in this job in Texas. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 13% from 2025 to 2035, with about 109,700 openings a year. Typical education to start: postsecondary nondegree award.

Bottom 10%: $31,200Top 10%: $49,260

Pharmacy Technicians

$45,900

Median pay in Texas. 41,740 people work in this job in Texas. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 6% from 2025 to 2035, with about 44,700 openings a year. Typical education to start: high school diploma or equivalent.

Bottom 10%: $35,920Top 10%: $59,260

Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians

$59,290

Median pay in Texas. 29,530 people work in this job in Texas. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 3% from 2025 to 2035, with about 20,800 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.

Bottom 10%: $38,330Top 10%: $94,830

Surgical Technologists

$65,220

Median pay in Texas. 10,160 people work in this job in Texas. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 5% from 2025 to 2035, with about 7,100 openings a year. Typical education to start: postsecondary nondegree award.

Bottom 10%: $39,950Top 10%: $92,580

Common questions

Western Technical College (Texas) in El Paso reports the highest median first-year pay, $53,747.

Allied Health and Medical Assisting (Associate's) programs in the US, ranked376 programs by pay and debt Allied Health and Medical Assisting (Certificate) programs in Texas, ranked23 programs by pay and debt

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Texas rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Medians are across the allied health and medical assisting associate's programs that report each figure, so the counts differ by figure. Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024